Proposal

Andrew and Kat's recent engagement has got me thinking about when Tom and I became engaged. It was such a special day. Tom put so much effort, money and planning into making sure it was really special for us.

It really all started on my 21st Birthday when my grandfather passed away. It was a very sad day for me and left a bit of a sadness associated with the day. Two years later on my 23rd Birthday Tom picked me up from my apartment at Toowong to spend my birthday together. Little did I know what he had in mind....

My first surprise was that Tom had hired a beautiful black BMW Z3 Roadster. At this stage I had no idea that anything was happening. I just thought it was for my Birthday. We drove the Roadster up to the Sunshine Coast hinterland - it is such a nice area up there.

Tom drove us to my favorite picnic spot behind the church at the top of the hill in Montville. We both got out of the car to go over and look at the view as we had so many times before. We have had lunch there a lot over the years - so much in fact that I had a local artist paint a picture of the beautiful scene for Tom's birthday one year.

Overlooking the picturesque north coast hinterland Tom got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. I am not sure if I actually said "yes". I think I may have said "of course". Followed by an Elaine style "get out" and happy tears. I was so thrilled.

Following the proposal we drove to Noosa and had lunch at the Sheraton to celebrate. That night we saw my parents and Tom's parents to tell them the happy news.

It was a great day and I think about it often. It was really special and just perfect. Having such a special event happen on my Birthday helped me distance the grief from my grandfather's death from my Birthday and made it a day for celebration again - just as it should be.